Improvements in visual ability with first-eye, second-eye, and bilateral cataract surgery measured with the Visual Symptoms and Quality of Life Questionnaire

Journal of Cataract and Refractive Surgery

Volumn 37, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 1208-1216

  Gothwal, Vijaya K ^a,d   Wright, Thomas A ^a   Lamoureux, Ecosse L ^b,c,e   Khadka, Jyoti ^a   McAlinden, Colm ^a   Pesudovs, Konrad ^a  

^a FLINDERS UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^c CRC   (Australia)

^d L V PRASAD EYE INSTITUTE   (India)

^e SINGAPORE EYE RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CATARACT; CATARACT EXTRACTION; COHORT ANALYSIS; DISABILITY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOMETRY; QUESTIONNAIRE; RASCH ANALYSIS; SURGICAL PATIENT; VISUAL ACUITY; VISUAL DISABILITY; VISUAL SYMPTOMS AND QUALITY OF LIFE QUESTIONNAIRE;

AGED; CATARACT; COHORT STUDIES; DISABILITY EVALUATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; LENS IMPLANTATION, INTRAOCULAR; MALE; PHACOEMULSIFICATION; PSEUDOPHAKIA; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SICKNESS IMPACT PROFILE; VISUAL ACUITY;

EID: 79959573245     PISSN: 08863350     EISSN: 18734502     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jcrs.2011.01.028     Document Type: Article

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